Word: doors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Room in Luxury Hall. Seated at a table, a girl is busily writing; a knock at the door, and enters...
...over how I should try to meet her again, and at last decided to call at her house. So, one afternoon, putting on silk hat, frock coat, gaiters, &c., I sallied in town, looking as la-da-da and mashful as possible. Arriving at the house, I rang; the door was quickly opened by a little girl, who, on seeing me, ran through the hall shouting, "Here he is, at last." Surprised at such a reception, I hesitated, thinking it some deep-laid plot to entrap me, but finally I entered. In a moment an elderly lady came rushing downstairs...
...Imagine, if you can, the shock that the discovery gave me: it was the first time, to my knowledge, that I had ever been guilty of sleep-walking. I could hardly believe that I was yet awake. I hurried shivering back to the hotel, found the door of my bed-room open; else I might have had some trouble in re-entering it. I wrapped myself up in blankets, and tried to collect my scattered senses...
...door...
...YALE lock has been put on the door of the new Reading-Room. None but members of the Union can receive keys, for which a small deposit will have to be made, to be returned on the delivery...